Busy Time Ahead At Expo 70

Press, Volume CIX, Issue 32101, 24 September 1969, Page 2

Busy Time Ahead At Expo 70

A “crash course” in Japanese is one of the many experiences ahead for Miss Mary Sharp, of Christchurch.

Miss Sharp is one of the 14 t young women recently selec- < ted as guide-receptionists for * the New Zealand pavilion at a Expo 70. 1 Three months beforb she ; applied Miss Sharp began : learning Japanese. At her in- 1 terview she was given a short, < written Japanese test, and a language course will be included in her three-month training in Wellington. Overseas Visits A sales officer with U.T A French Airlines, Miss Sharp, aged 26, was born in Christchurch and educated at Rang!Ruru Presbyterian School for Giris. She spent two years in London on a working holiday and since returning home has had a number of trips to the Pacific Islands, Australia, and last year to the West Coast of America. ■ The appointments were announced in Wellington yesterday. The women will work mainly in the display area assisting visitors, and some will be employed in the small shop in the pavilion selling books, records, stamps, and a small range of New Zealand products.

gs; Miss Christine Ngaparu Heretaugna), 21, a bookeeping machinist; Miss Cherilyn Turnbull (Stratford), 22, physiotherapist working in mckland; Miss Gillian Walderave (Palmerston North), 24, travel agency officer in Welington; Miss Diana Winn Wellington). 27. an advertis-

They will work beside Japanese staff and their preliminary training course will include deportment, grooming, safety measures and first aid. The other women selected ire: Miss Helen Brown (Dunedin), aged 30, a company sales representative; Miss Kaye Burnett (Auckland) 22,

ing executive; Miss Winifred Yee (Napier), 24, a clerk in a Government department. In addition, Miss Nina Sweetman (Hamilton), 24, who works as a secretarymodel in a Wellington fashion house, will be private secretary to the New Zealand Com-missioner-General at the exposition.

a registered nurse; Miss Cherry Dance (Roxburgh), 21, a student at Auckland University: Miss Barbara Derrett (Auckland), 20, a university student; Miss Barbara Fray (Auckland), 20, a university student; Miss Wendy Hutchinson (Hastings), 27, a sales executive in Wellington; Miss Louise Lawrence (Carterton), 20, a private secretary in Wet lington; Miss Susan Murphy (Wellington), 21, a air host-

The young women will leave for Expo 70, where they will work for six months, early next year.